Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-18

tops, looks like one immense Vi'eyard ana
orchard. peeping out from among the foll-
ooa of which are handsome residences,
church steeples, through the center OF
which flows the river, It's crystalline waters
contrasting beautifully with the emerald
of the vine-cIad banks. The raising of
frnif and the manufacture of wines and
brandies are her principal industries.
There are two stores, two hotels, two livery
stables, one saloon, express and telegraph
Offices in the business portions OF the town.
The Coloma Vineyard House, conducted
bv Mrs L. NJ Hardie, is one of the finest
hotels in the mountains. As summer re-
sort for families, invalids and pleasure
seekers it has no superior. In the center
of one Of
THE FINEST VINEYARDS IN THE STATE,
On an elevation that overlooks the entire
town and valley, person has view from
the hotel that for picturesque grandeur
cannot be excelled. Pure air, pure water,
| sublime scenery, elegantly rooms,
the tables set with the best the market at
fords, no place could be more desirable,
more rop, a,ltic, more historic for a sum
mering than the Coloma Vineyard House.
There are many other towns in the
county of more or less importance, all sus-
tanned by the same industries, agriculture
and mining Among them are Green
wood, Grizzly Flat, Diamond Springs,
Newton, Smiths Flat, Pleasant Valley,
Georgia Slide, Spanish Flat, Log Town,
Nashville, Latrobe, Granite Hill Kelsey,
Garden Valley, Indian Diggings, Clarks-
vile, Pilot Hill, Spanish Dry Diggings,
| IIo,I-eJ Ex.la,,o.a Ia
Missouri Flat.
THE CEDAR HILL VINEYARD.
Thomas o. Hardie is the owner of a
ranch of 100 acres situated on Cedar Hill
at an altitude of 1900 feet, about one mile
from Placerville, on which is the vineyard
of about twenty acres. commonly known
as the Cedar Hill Vineyard" No wine
grapes are grown in this vineyard, but
only those suitable for table use and for
the manufacture of raisins, the principal
varieties being the Malaga, Flame Tollay
Muscat, Olivette, Black Malvoise, Rose OF
Peru, Sultana and White Napoleon. The
soil is of volcanic character, and appears
to be peculiarly adapted to the growth Of
these varieties. The grapes grow very
large, and are rich both in color and sub
stance, and, being grown without irriga-
ton, are very solid and we'll adapted for
shipping purposes. The Tokays sold for
shipment the past season realized $50 pei
ton, delivered at Single Springs The
superior quality of the grapes shipped
from this vineyard has secured to the pro-
prietor quite business in the filling OF
orders by express, by which means they
have found they way into
EVERY IMPORTANT CITY IN THE UNION,
As well as to the City of Mexico. The
raisins cured here are of fine flavor, and
find ready sale where their quality has
been tested. On the place Mr.. Hardie has
a drier which is constructed on such prin-
ciples that the heat is uniformly distri-
buted throughout the entire mass. In
addition to the vineyard, there are grow
ing on this ranch quite large number of
fruit trees, including peaches, plum,
prunes, pears, apples, cherries, etc, all OF
which grow thrifty and produce well with
out irrigation. AS an experiment. Mr..
Hardie, in the spring of 1884, planted a
few orange trees, which have thus far
withstood the cold without injury, and the
indications are that oranges may be cult.
waited with success even at this altitude
\ small amount Of stock is kept on the
ranch, and sufficient hay and vegetables
are grown for home consumption. From his